As the globe continues to evolve and become more digitally interconnected, the popularity and demand for currencies
other than fiat currencies should continue to grow, as citizens seek personal financial security, independent of the domestic government policies and events in their home country.
Not exact matches
Unlike in the past, when you could exchange your dollars or any
other currency for physical gold,
fiat currency is not backed up by anything else
than a number printed on a piece of paper.
Your wallet
currency will default to your local
fiat currency based on the phone number you signed up with, but if you have changed your wallet
currency to something
other than e.g. USD then you will want to change it back so that when you transfer USD from your bank account it will arrive in your wallet as USD.
With Bitit you can instantly purchase Ripple (XRP) by credit card with USD, EUROS, GBP and more
than 14
other fiat currencies!
Physical gold that may be suffering from a falling domestic
fiat currency price is still exponentially more valuable
than devaluing paper
fiat currencies, as anyone living in the Ukraine, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, and in any number of dozens of
other emerging markets have unfortunately rapidly learned in the past few years.
It is the Registrant's view that Bitcoins should not be regarded as coins, or otherwise as collectibles, for purposes of section 408 (m), because Bitcoins are a virtual, rather
than a
fiat currency (see «Bitcoin Value,» above) and, as such, do not take the form of tangible personal property, in contrast to a coin or any of the
other items defined as a «collectible» under Section 408 (m).
Readily offer the ability to set the amount to pay in USD or
other local
fiat currency rather
than requiring the customer to determine the BTC value based on the current price themselves (at least in cases where the merchant is not generating all - inclusive QR codes containing both the destination address and the price.
Perhaps the most remarkable response was from Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, who said in a speech in February that that cryptocurrencies could, among
other things, improve financial stability, inclusion and provide better value
than traditional
fiat currencies, particularly in less developed countries and warned central bankers to ignore them at their peril
Mercury Cash CEO Victor Romero agreed with this analysis: «Because we come from Venezuela, we think people in our country are more likely to have their money in
other assets rather
than in Venezuelan
fiat currency.
Most
fiat currencies once represented real, tangible assets in holding (such as gold), but those days have long passed and cash has no inherent value
other than your faith in it.
The banking giant's researchers James Faucette and his team noted that if bitcoin is not accepted as a rival to the US dollar and
other fiat currencies,
than it is literally worth nothing.
At the World Knowledge Forum held in Seoul on October 17, Billionaire investor Tim Draper, who has been one of the key angel investors in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets since 2014, stated that Bitcoin and
other cryptocurrencies are much better
than fiat currencies.
There are more
than 100
other fiat currencies in the world — Euro, Yen, Yuan but also Venezuelan Bolivar, Nigerian Naira, etc..